The saga began in November 2023, when Media Matters published a report revealing that advertisements from major companies – including IBM, Apple, Oracle, and Comcast – ...

The long-running saga between Elon Musk and liberal watchdog group Media Matters may be winding down. On Friday, a US ...

In a ruling issued late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, D.C. found that Media Matters is likely to prove that the FTC acted with "retaliatory animus" and that its ...

Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan says the inquiry into whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers to tank X's ad ...

A federal has blocked the agency from attempting to force Media Matters to turn over information relating to a report about brand safety on X.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s investigation of a liberal group known for its campaigns against Fox News and Elon Musk’s X.

In May 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also launched an investigation into Media Matters for allegedly colluding ...

A federal judge has blocked the FTC's investigation into Media Matters research around advertising and antisemitic content on ...

The court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into Media Matters, the media nonprofit that previously ...

In 2023, the left-leaning watchdog reported that ads from major brands were appearing beside antisemitic and other ...

Media Matters said in the suit filed Monday in federal court in Washington that White House appointees in the FTC were seeking to punish the organization on behalf of Elon Musk, the billionaire ...

A federal judge has restricted the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of Media Matters, the progressive watchdog group, ...